General Star National Insurance Company v. MDLV LLC et al

Filing 135

ORDER adopting 134 Magistrate Judge Goodman's Report and Recommendations granting in part and denying in part 124 One Sotheby's Renewed Motion for Attorney Fees. Signed by Judge Federico A. Moreno on 8/28/2024. See attached document for full details. (jl00)

UN ITED STA TES D ISTRICT COU RT FO R TH E
SOU TH ERN D ISTRICT O F FLORID A
M iam iD ivision
C aseN um ber:21-24284-C1V-M 0 1V N 0
G EN ER AL STA R N A TION AL W SU RAN CE
C OM PA N Y ,

Plaintiff,

M D LV LLC,doing businessas
ON E SO THEBY 'S INTERN A TION A L
REALTY;HELIAC,lN C.;and
GLEB K LION ER

De'
fendants.
O RD ER A D O PT IN G M A GISTR ATE JUD G E G O O D M A N 'S REPO R T A N D
R EC O M M EN D A TIO N S O N O NE SO TH EBY 'S R EN EW ED M O TIO N FO R
A TT O R NEY 'S FEES
THE M A TTER w as refen'ed to the H onorable Jonathan G oodm an, United States

M agistrate Judge,for a Reportand Recom mendation on Plaintiffs M otion forAttorney's Fees,

filedon M arch 27.2024.TheM agistrateJudgefiledaReportandRecommendation (D.E.134)
on A uzust13.2024. The Courthas review ed the entire file and record. The Coul'thasm ade a de

novo review of the issues that the objections to the M agistrate Judge's Report and
Recom m endation present,and being otherwise fully advised in the prem ises,itis

ADJUDG ED that United States M agistrate Judge Jonathan Goodm an's Report and
Recom m endation isA FFIRM ED and AD O PTED . A ccordingly,itis

A DJUD G ED that Plaintiffs M otion for A tlorney's Fees is GR AN TED IN PAR T AN D

DENIED IN PART. The Courtawards the following hourly rates:$650.00 for M r.M arino,

$575.00forM s.Gudaitis,$300.00forM s.Rocha,$285.00 forM s.W atson,and $145.00forboth
M s.M ulhalland M s.Garcia. Further,to accountforthe m yriad billing problem s outlined in the
R eport, the Court reduces the requested fees by 25% as an çtacross-the-board percentage
reduction.''

Thus,the CourtawardsOne Sotheby $103,350.00 in fees.Thisam ountwascalculated by

firstdeterminingthetotalawardbased ontherecommended hourlyrates(Mr.M arino $650.00x
51.3 hours= $33,345.00)+ (Ms.Gudaitis$575.00 x 23.2 hours= $13,340.00)+ (M s.W atson
$285.00 x 21.2 hours= $6,042.00)+ (M s.Rocha$300.00 x 268.4 hours= $80,520.00)+ (M s.
Mulhall$145.00 x 34.6 hours= $4,437.00)+ (Ms.Garcia $145.00 x.0.8hours= $116.00)=
$137,800.Then,aftersubtracting 25% from $137,800.00resultsin thefinalfigureof$103,350.00.

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DONEANDORDEREDinChambersatMiami,Florida,thisVC ofAugust2024.
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C opies furnished to:

United StatesM agistrate JudgeJonathan Goodm an
CounselofRecord